Title: Contextual Understanding by Computers
Author: J. Weizenbaum
Year: 1967
http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/572/S02/weizenbaum.eliza.1967.pdf
Abstract: "A further development of a computer program (ELIZA) capable of conversing in natural language is discussed. The importance of context to both human and machine understanding is stressed. It is argued that the adequacy of the level of understanding achieved in a particular conversation depends on the purpose of that conversation, and that absolute understanding on the part of either humans or machines is impossible"
Brief comment: This AI paper from 1967 has only around 100 citations, in contrast to the more than two thousand citation of the authors' original article from the previous year on ELIZA, one of the earliest chatterbox programs (it's really interesting to remember that this work was done in the 1960s). Some of the ideas here remain very valid after nearly 50 years. This is remarkable. Worth reading next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect
Author: J. Weizenbaum
Year: 1967
http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/572/S02/weizenbaum.eliza.1967.pdf
Abstract: "A further development of a computer program (ELIZA) capable of conversing in natural language is discussed. The importance of context to both human and machine understanding is stressed. It is argued that the adequacy of the level of understanding achieved in a particular conversation depends on the purpose of that conversation, and that absolute understanding on the part of either humans or machines is impossible"
Brief comment: This AI paper from 1967 has only around 100 citations, in contrast to the more than two thousand citation of the authors' original article from the previous year on ELIZA, one of the earliest chatterbox programs (it's really interesting to remember that this work was done in the 1960s). Some of the ideas here remain very valid after nearly 50 years. This is remarkable. Worth reading next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect
